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Kumquat - how long until fruit ripe?

15 years ago

Hello all,

I have a Nagami Kumquat and it now has about 25 baby fruit at the top of the plant. I will bring this Kumquat plant inside to live under lights in late October or early November. How long does it take for Kumquat fruit to ripen?? I was told my Meyer lemons would take almost a year to ripen and this seems to be the case. Now I need to know how long the Kumquat will take.

Thanks.

DL

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kasynot

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

My trees are full... cant wait to pick and eat!!

Florida

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frank_zone5_5
15 years ago
Mine rippen in Febuary or March. A year sounds like a long time for the Meyer?
tsmith2579
15 years ago
My calamondins take about 6 months to grow and ripen. My Ponderosa lemon takes about 8-9 months. I think it may have a lot to do with day length as much as time.
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tomatozilla
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Our kumquats planted outside zone 10 USUALLY ripen in February or March like Frank's in zone 5.5 which I find really interesting.
dancinglemons
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks folks. My Kumquat dropped all but 2 of the fruit. The two that are left are growing in size. The plant is still outside because temps are still 80-90 day and 60 - 70 at night.

DL
poncirusguy6b452xx
7 years ago
kasynot Any pictures. Is it in a pot or in ground
hibiscus909
7 years ago
Yeah, I'd still like to know what indicators there are of when you can pick. Obviously, taste testing is one way to go. Seems a little risky to do, especially with a kumquat ;)
poncirusguy6b452xx
7 years ago
Is yours a Nagami or Meiwa or something else. I picked my Meiwa kumquats when they were half ripe and they were very good.
6b Steve
Annie Lee
6 years ago
I have about 30 fruits on the tree, I don't know how many will come to mature. I only have fruits one other time sincebImplanted the tree 7 yr. ago. Very unpredictable fruiting habit. Why?
hibiscus909
6 years ago
Is it a kumquat?

Pot or in ground?

Is it flowering and setting fruit and dropping, or just never flowering?
Laura LaRosa (7b)
6 years ago
I have a nagami in the same stage. They should be ripe by Jan/Feb.
frank_zone5_5
6 years ago
My outside bush, roughly 3 full feet in diam, is stating to flower now

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